Construction of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway Cantilever Roadway
in Brooklyn Heights in the 1940s
Robert Moses' Brooklyn Queens Expressway Cantilever Roadway
in Brooklyn Heights,
Early 1950s, shortly after completion
Brooklyn Heights Promenade in the 1950's
photo from "Historic Photos Of Brooklyn" by John B. Manbeck,
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Built in the 1940's, the Brooklyn Queens Expressway triple cantilever highway/promenade structure in Brooklyn Heights has deteriorated and is well past its expected design life.
Unless repairs are made before 2026, it will no longer be able to safely support the truck traffic which uses it and these trucks (around 16000 per day) will be rerouted through our neighborhoods, including Carroll Gardens. This does not have to happen if we act fast.
The community is counting on New York State to authorize New York City to utilize a Design / Build procurement process rather than the typical Design / Bid / Build process. This has allowed many other states and municipalities to save significant time and money on large projects. It has been recently used on Brooklyn's Kosciuszko and the Hudson river's Tappan Zee bridge replacements which are being built below budget and ahead of schedule.
So far, the New York State senate has failed to act despite the assembly passing this authorization last year and including it in their One House Bill just this week. Governor Cuomo has just last week indicated his support for this authorization and a delegation of local neighborhood leaders spent last Tuesday in Albany lobbying for support from our elected officials. Everyone told them that no one was against this and that, since New York City is paying for the entire project, there is no reason to delay it. It is imperative that this happens before the city begins the usual double track design bid build process.
Please add your name to the petition by clicking the link below. Let's make sure that we protect our street from being overrun during these repairs. Do it now !
https://petitions.moveon.org/sign/design-build-for-the?source=c.em&r_by=19743873
Read more about this issue on Brooklyn Height's Associations' web site.
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2 comments:
Didn’t work very well in Miami. This seems rather timely to bring this up. So where do trucks go while this is happening? Why can’t they be diverted into the lowest street level and through DUMBO and back up onto the BQE? Dumbo deserves thetruck traffic for a few a few months. Those luxury condos and the hotel ruined everything. Give them trucks.
A major DOT representative spoke at the annual Bklyn Heights assn meeting. After listening to the carefully controlled questioning, I thought some other questions should be asked: when you went into the inner chamber of the roadway (for the first time in memory!) Did you take photos or videos? Can we see those videos/films? If you didn't make film records, then we only have you're (DOT)'' word on the condition and real current danger level of the roadway. Every major failure was, first, a governmental failure. Second wireless stress and deformation sensors have long existed are are highly accurate and revealing. Has any genius in local govt or local civil groups even considered the use of this now very well established basic safeguard?....
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